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The Incredible Shrinking Woman

1981 · 88 min · Director: Joel Schumacher ★ IMDb 5.5 · 5,592 ratings

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After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and captures the attention of a group of people who want to take over the world. This evil group plots to kidnap Pat and perform experiments on her so that they can eventually shrink everyone.

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The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 30%, Surprise 25%, Anxiety 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Humor30%

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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Surprise, Anxiety. Genres: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Surprise and Anxiety. Its IMDb rating of 5.5/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 58/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Sympathy
  • Tension
  • Relief

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sympathy

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Relief

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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 23 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySympathyTensionRelief
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor52 %10 %7 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor50 %10 %6 %3 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor50 %11 %6 %5 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Humor49 %20 %18 %4 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Sympathy49 %34 %33 %5 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Humor51 %44 %33 %6 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Sympathy51 %49 %24 %4 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Sympathy50 %44 %26 %3 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Humor54 %39 %40 %1 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Sympathy56 %41 %48 %1 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Tension55 %45 %45 %3 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Sympathy60 %54 %48 %3 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Sympathy68 %61 %59 %5 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Sympathy68 %63 %61 %13 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Sympathy65 %58 %59 %16 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Tension70 %53 %68 %18 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension77 %51 %77 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Tension80 %54 %73 %41 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Sadness81 %55 %46 %41 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Relief83 %45 %20 %60 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Lily Tomlin

Pat Kramer / Judith Beasley / Telephone Operator

Charles Grodin

Vance Kramer

Ned Beatty

Dan Beame

Henry Gibson

Dr. Eugene Nortz

MB
Mark Blankfield

MB
Mark Blankfield

Rob

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Maria Smith

PB
Pamela Bellwood

PB
Pamela Bellwood

Sandra Dyson

John Glover

Tom Keller

NH
Nicholas Hormann

NH
Nicholas Hormann

Logan Carver

JM
Jim McMullan

Lyle Parks

SB
Shelby Balik

Beth Kramer

JD
Justin Dana

Jeff Kramer

RB
Rick Baker

Sidney

MD
Mike Douglas

Mike Douglas

MM
Macon McCalman

Dr. Atkins

DW
Dick Wilson

Store Manager

KK
Karen Knapp

Neighbor

DM
David Marsh

Neighbor

Details

Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Written by
Richard Matheson, Jane Wagner
Type
Movies
Released
1981
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.5 · 5,592 ratings
Feels mostly
Humor
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